Applicator for shoe dressings



O 1 1941- G. E. USSETT ET AL 2,2

, APPLIGATOR FOR SHOE DRESSINGS Filed May 23 1940 INVENTORE.

ElECll EE EHUEJEET? II-:uslfavea TJssaH? ATTORNEYS.

Patented Oct. 14, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE APPLICATOR FOR. SHOEDRESSINGS George E. Us'sett and Gustave Ussett, Chicago, Ill.

, Application 23, 1940, Serial No. 336,834

2 Claims.

The invention relates to improvements in shoe dressing applicators andthe primary object of the invention is to provide an applicator fordepositing dressing on white or two-toned shoes.

Another object of the invention is to provide an applicator fordepositing dressing' on portions of shoes, such as the tongues thereof,which are normally hard to reach.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an applicator fordepositing a marginal stripe of dressing on a shoe adjacent acontrastingly colored portion of the shoe. I

A still further object is to provide an applicator which may be usedwithout tending to soil the hands or smear dressing on the outer edge ofthe sole or heel of a shoe.

Yet another object resides in providing an applicator which will moreuniformly distribute dressing over shoe surfaces.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparentduring the course of the following detailed description, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing, forminga part of thisspecification, and in which drawing,

Figure l is a plan view of the applicator.

Figure 2 is a cross sectional view thereof, substantially on the line2-2 of Figure 1.

Figures 3 and 4 are perspective views respectively showing the use ofthe applicator in depositing stripes of dressing on white and twotonedshoes.

In the drawing, which for the purpose of i1- lustration shows only apreferred embodiment of the invention, and wherein similar referencecharacters'denote corresponding parts thruout the several views, Adesignates the applicator, B a white shoe, and C a two-toned shoe.

The applicator A comprises a thin flat wooden strip l5, one end portionof which forms a handle IS, the opposite end portion constituting a headl1, including a base surface l8, parallel side edges I9, 20, and an endedge 2i. The applicator A further comprises afabric patch 22, tuftedwith mohair yarn to provide a pile 23 at the obverse side ofthe fabric,the tufts including loops 24 at the reverse side of the fabric.Adhesively securing the reverse side of the fabric, including the loops24, 'to the base surface II, is a layer 25 of waterproof cement.Preferably, the length of the handle strip I5 is from four and one-halfto five inches, and its width between the parallel side edges is, 20 isapproximately five-eighths of an inch, the patch 22 being likewiseapproximately ilve-eighths of an inch wide, and sub- (01. s-zos) bodyportion of the shoe. By employing the pile.

fabric of limited thickness, the parallel side edges [9, may be disposedin closely spaced relation to the shoe for guidance by some particularcharacteristic of the shoe, in the application of a stripe of dressingto a portion of the shoe.

In treating the white shoe B, the head ll of the applicator A is soplaced adjacent the toe of the shoe as to dispose the fabric patchthereagainst, 'with one side edge T9 in the groove 25 formed by thejuncture of the welt 26 with the upper 21, as shown by broken lines inFigure 3. Following the groove 25 to the heel of the shoe will produce astripe 28 of dressing along the outside of the shoe adjacent the welt.,This stripe 28 will vary in width from one-fourth to a half inchdepending onthe contour of the shoe. The opposite side of the shoe istreated in a similar man- 30 ner, the other side edge 20 of the headserving as a guide. Those portions of the shoe within the stripes maythen be dressed without tending to smear the sole or heel.

For the two-toned shoe C, the applicator A is so placed as to disposethe fabric patch toward the shoe, with one of the side edges is, 20against a given seam 30 between contrastingly colored areas 31, 32 ofthe shoe, to produce a stripe 33 along the margin of the area 3| to bedressed.

In dressing the tongue 25 01' the shoe 0, the

applicator A may be inserted longitudinally between the tongue and shoeupper, as shown by broken lines in Figure 4.

Various changes may be made in the form of invention herein shown anddescribed, without departing from the spirit of the invention or thescope oi the following claims.

We claim: A 1. A shoe dressing applicator comprising a thin flat stripreduced in width at one end portion to form -a handle, the opposite endportion being of uniform width and substantially rectangular to providea flat base surface and guiding edges at opposite margins ofthe basesurface, and a substantially one inch long. It will be'noted thatstantially rectangular mohair fabric patch cemented on the base surfaceand extending between said guiding edges, the pile oi said fabric beingapproximately one-eighth of an inch high whereby any one of said guidingedges may be disposed in sliding engagement with a shoe along a welt orseam thereof, to facilitate the applica- 7 applicator along the shoeportion with the handle free of engagement with the shoe, and anelongated mohair fabric patch secured to one of the fiat faces of saidapplicator head with its longitudinal axis parallel to the longitudinalaxis of the headand with the mohair pile extending outwardly from saidface, the patch extending from side edge to side edge of the head andthe mohair pile of the'fabric being approximately one-eighth of an inchin length whereby it will bend slightly in a direction opposite to thatin which the applicator is moved in contact with the shoe forapplication of the shoe dressing, without spreading laterally of theside edges of the head.

GEORGE E. USSETT. GUSTAVE USSETT.

